1. Legal Framework Governing the Tender in SyriaConsulting supervision tenders for the Syrian central road network are regulated according to:

• Law No. 51 of 2004: (The Unified Contracting System Law for Public Entities in Syria).
• Legislative Decree No. 450 of 2004: (The General Conditions Book regulating legal and financial obligations).
• The Establishment’s Special Technical Conditions Book: Approved for auditing and laboratory testing of asphalt mix, bitumen, and concrete.

2. Terms and Components of the Technical Supervision Tender DossierUpon purchasing the project dossier from the Establishment's registry, the precise technical conditions governing the supervising engineer's work include the following:

• First Envelope (Identification Documents and Guarantees):
  • A license document for a consulting engineering office or an engineering company duly classified by the Syrian Engineers Syndicate at the rank of (Opinion or Consultant), complying with the requirements of first-class or excellent roads.
  • Initial Guarantees (Bid Bond): Its value is determined by a bank guarantee issued by an approved Syrian bank, at a rate ranging between (3% to 5%) of the estimated budget allocated for the supervision team's fees.
• Second Envelope (Technical Offer for the Supervision Team):
  • Site Organizational Structure: Submitting the CVs of the proposed engineering and technical supervision team. The resident engineer is required to have at least 10 to 15 years of experience in road and bridge projects, in addition to civil site engineers, surveyors, technical quality controllers, and a laboratory representative.
  • Provision of Equipment (charged to the execution contractor): Syrian tender conditions stipulate that the "execution contractor" is obligated to provide furnished field offices for the supervision team, provide field vehicles (along with fuel and maintenance), and secure surveying equipment (such as a Total Station) to enable the supervision team to perform its duties.
• Third Envelope (Financial Offer):
  • The analytical price schedule for the supervision team's fees (whether in the form of a lump-sum monthly payment linked to the execution duration, or a percentage of the volume of the executed statements).

3. Exclusive Tasks Assigned to the Supervisor (According to the Specifications Booklet)Since the contract is for supervision only and not execution, your legal obligations to the Establishment are limited to:

• Receiving and Controlling Axes and Alignments: Matching topographic survey points and elevation marks (Pegs) in coordination with the contractor's surveyors.
• Periodic Laboratory Control: Supervising soil field density tests (Proctor) and asphalt jacket tests (temperature, bitumen percentage, particle size distribution, and Marshall test).
• Auditing and Calculating Quantities: Auditing and calculating the monthly statements submitted by the execution contractor, verifying them on-site, and signing them prior to payment.

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